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We've
never worried about numbers. In the market place, Apple is trying
to focus the spotlight on products, because products really make
a difference. [...] Ad campaigns are necessary for competition;
IBM's ads are everywhere. But good PR educates people; that's
all it is. You can't con people in this business. The products
speak for themselves. That's
been one of my mantras -- focus and simplicity. Simple can be
harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking
clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because
once you get there, you can move mountains. The most
compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home
will be to link it into a nationwide communications network. We're
just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable
breakthrough for most people--as remarkable as the telephone.
It's really
hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people
don't know what they want until you show it to them. Picasso
had a saying: 'Good artists copy, great artists steal.' We have
always been shameless about stealing great ideas...I think part
of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on
it were musicians, poets, artists, zoologists and historians who
also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.
You can't
connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking
backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect
in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny,
life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and
it has made all the difference in my life. Remembering
that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered
to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything
-- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment
or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death,
leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are
going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking
you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no
reason not to follow your heart. ... Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
I read
a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various
species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move
a kilometer. Humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing
about a third of the way down the list....That didn't look so
good, but then someone at Scientific American had the insight
to test the efficiency of locomotion for a man on a bicycle, and
a man on a bicycle blew the condor away. That's what a computer
is to me: the computer is the most remarkable tool that we've
ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.
My model
for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each
other's kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each
other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts (1
Plus 1 Equals 11). That's how I see business: great things
in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team
of people. Have you
ever wondered at the implications of the fact that the number
1 and the word I are the same? Politics
is show busiess for ugly people. Think
about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there’s
an invisible man, living in the sky, who watches everything you
do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special
list of 10 things he does not want you to do. And if you do any
of these 10 things he has a special place full of fire and smoke
and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to
live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever
and ever till the end of time. BUT HE LOVES YOU! He loves you,
and he needs money. He always needs MONEY! Thus
said Banda Singh: The use
of music for spiritual attainment and healing of the soul, which
was prevalent in ancient times, is not found to the same extent
today. Music has been made a pastime, the means of forgetting
God instead of realizing God. Due to
the power and corrupting influence of big
pharma, the teaching of nutritional science and the use of
vitamin and herbal supplements is not taught to any significant
extent in our medical schools. The obvious reason is that less
use of their prescription drugs would be the result. We haven't
come this far because we're made of sugar candy. It is
always the right time to do the right thing. A
picture is worth a thousand words. An icon is worth a thousand
pictures. Socialism
never took root in America because the poor see themselves not
as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." Adversity
makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. Either
you can learn at the hands of the Teacher, or you can learn at
the hands of Time. Education
is what you get from reading the small print. Experience is what
you get from not reading it. The Synergetic
Equation: 1 plus 1 equals 11. That moment of shared experience
when me becomes we. A Matter of Interpretation Written across the wall of the newly discovered cave were the following symbols:
It was
considered a unique find and the writings were said to be at least
3000 years old! The piece of stone was removed, brought to the
museum, and archaeologists from around the world came to study
the ancient symbols. They held a huge meeting after months of
conferences to discuss the meaning of the markings.
"This
is a woman. We can see these people held women in high esteem.
You can also tell they were intelligent, as the next symbol is
a donkey, so they were smart enough to have animals help them
till the soil. Even further
proof of their high intelligence is the fish which means that
if a famine hit the earth and food didn't grow, they seek food
from the sea. The last symbol appears to be the Star of David
which means they were evidently Hebrews.
Then
a little old Jewish man stood up in the back of the room and said,
"Idiots ... Hebrew is read from right to left ... It says:
'Holy Mackerel, Dig the Ass on that Chick'." Having
a bad day? Zen read this ... DEAR DR. WALLACE: I read your column regularly. I enjoy finding out the various concerns of teens and how you suggest that they go about solving their problems. But I must take issue with one of your statements. You said that couples who live together without being married are more likely to get a divorce once they do "tie the knot." I find this very difficult to believe. Where did you get this information? I'd really like to know. I'm 19 and so is my "live-in" boy friend, Jeff. We have a wonderful relationship and plan to get married next summer. We decided to live together to see if we were compatible. We definitely are. That's why we're getting married. Carmen -- New York DEAR CARMEN:
Brigham Young University conducted a study this year on cohabitation
and found that when it comes to marriage, practice doesn't make
perfect. Researcher Jeffrey Larson stated, "We find strong
evidence that the marriages of those who lived together before
getting married are less satisfied and more unstable than those
who didn't." The study in which researchers reviewed 50 years
of data showed that couples have a 50 percent greater chance of
divorce if they lived together prior to marriage than those who
didn't. Factors against living together before marriage include:
later regret that couples had "violated" their moral
standards; tension with parents over the live-in arrangement,
and disillusionment when living together didn't make the marriage
work.When partners who lived together marry, many times one or
both "feel a loss of personal freedom" to take off when
things go wrong. It also was noted that many of those who chose
to live together without being married do so because they are
poor marriage risks. The study further states that living together
is not a trial marriage because of the psychological differences
in both relationships. Presently, (1993) the US Census Bureau
says that 6,085,284 unmarried, opposite-sex couples live together. Your value
is not in how many experiences you have had. It is in your stability
-- in how much sacrifice you can do. Your value is in how effectively
and how consistently you can live for others. Your value is in
how you can take command of yourself and others in any situation.
Your value is in your capability of firmly planting yourself in
the neutrality of your higher consciousness and standing as a
pillar of strength, turning every negative to a positive. Your
value is how quickly you are there when the call comes. Happiness
is not a reward -- it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment
-- it is a result. Ralph Waldo Emerson was of the opinion that any time is a good time if you know what to do with it. -- The practice
of medicine is so specialized today that each doctor is a healer
of one disease and no more. "The essence of a lady is a woman who has the ability to reveal everything yet compromises nothing." -- A 100%
natural product is one that the raw material has not been technically
or physically treated with high temperatures, pressures, vacuum
or chemicals, including chemical solvents and ingredients derived
from petro or coal-tar chemistry which can tend to be carcinogenic.
A reasonable standard for natural products is one that does not
contain, in high or low concentrations, artificial color, fragrances,
additives and chemical preservatives such as parabenes, urea derivatives
or formaldehyde products. A rich
person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least. Age is
a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't
matter. "The most effective discipline always is administered through kindness." -- A life
is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. We do
less all day than most people do before sunrise. Only two
things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former. The
Ten Commandments of How to Get Along With People 2) Make promises sparingly, and keep them faithfully, no matter what it costs. 3) Never let an opportunity pass to say a kind and encouraging word to or about somebody. Praise good work, regardless of who did it. If criticism is needed, criticize helpfully, never spitefully. 4) Be interested in others, their pursuits, and their work, their homes and families. Make merry with those who rejoice; with those who weep, mourn. Let everyone you meet, however humble, feel that you regard them as a person of importance. 5) Be cheerful. Don't burden or depress those around you by dwelling on your minor aches and pains and small disappointments. Remember that everyone is carrying some kind of a load. 6) Keep an open mind. Discuss but don't argue. It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable. 7) Let
your virtues, if you have any, speak for themselves. Refuse to
talk of another's vices. 8) Be careful of another's feelings. Wit and humor at the other person's expense are rarely worth it and may hurt when least expected. 9) Pay no attention to ill-natured remarks about you. Remember that the person who carried the message may not be the most accurate reporter in the world. Simply live so that nobody will believe them. Disordered nerves and bad digestion are a common cause of backbiting. 10) Don't
be too anxious about the credit due you. Do your best, and be
patient. Forget about yourself, and let others "remember".
Success is much sweeter that way. Your value
is in whether you can come through for someone. To
serve is to succeed. Turn your
wounds into wisdom. You will be wounded many times in your life.
You'll make mistakes. Some …will call them failures, but
I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse
me, you're moving in the wrong direction." A little
inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. You can't
shake hands with a clenched fist. A group
of sheep led by a lion would always defeat a group of lions led
by a sheep. No religion
can have political power without taking away our freedom. Suppose
the Christian Coalition became known for transforming people's
lives instead of trying to transform Congress, the White House
and the Supreme Court? "While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it." -- If you
work for a man, in heaven's name, work for him. If he pays you
wages, which supply your bread and butter, speak well of him;
stand by him and the institution he represents. If put to a pinch,
an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must
vilify, condemn and eternally disparage -- resign your position,
and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content. But as
long as you are part of the institution, do not condemn it. If
you do that, you are loosening the tendrils that are holding you
to the institution, and by the first high wind that comes along,
you will be uprooted and blown away, and probably will never know
the reason why. Children
need to see courageous adults holding marriages together whether
they're in love or not. What they need to see is people being
loving, responsible and mature, no matter how they feel. There
is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making
love. There are simply different ways of doing it. Do I not
destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? "In
assessing religion's political role, "we must distinguish
between orthodoxy and fundamentalism. Orthodoxy is a response
to a religion's loss of piety. Whereas fundamentalism is a religion's
response to a loss of power." And, "it can happen that
the two are connected." Life is
what happens to you when you are busy making other plans. To speak
ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. LIFE:
"You cannot take hold of it, but you cannot lose it. In not
being able to get it, you get it. When you are silent it speaks;
when you speak, it is silent. "Let no wise man upset the
mind of the ignorant, attached to action; but acting in union
with Me, let him render all action attractive." "Quality is like buying oats. If you want nice, clean, fresh oats, you must pay a fair price ... however, if you can be satisfied with oats that have already been through the horse ... that comes a little cheaper!" -- A rural doctor's advice on how to avoid high blood pressure: "If it starts to rain, let it." -- The only
thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing. To
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